Ranch Foreman – The Ranch Foreman takes care of all your farrier visits, your emergency, and regular vet visits for you automatically. They do cost $2,300.00 per game month.

Their salary does not include the cost of the health care.

While they do schedule reseting the shoes on horses you have had shod, the foreman will not put shoes on a horse that is unshod. They will only get their hooves trimmed. If you want an unshod horse to be shod you must do so yourself.

Trainers – They take care of all the daily training of the horse. They use one game day per game month, and are paid $200.00 per horse per game month. They will train your horse an equivalent amount to what it would receive if you trained it yourself.

Groomers – They take care of the physical welfare of the horse. They do the brushing, bathing, and pick hooves. They take care of the condition and coat of the horse. They are paid $75.00 per horse per game month, and will use up one game day per game month.

Exercise Attendants – The attendants are the ones who do all the exercising of the horse. They lunge, hot walk, and swim them along with any other kind of exercising. The attendants are paid $150.00 per horse, and will use up one game day per game month.

The hands are good to have if you are taking a vacation and cant tend to them, but if you want to do the grooming and training yourself, don’t hire them. These hands are all listed under the bunkhouse. All hands use 1 game day per game month, so if you have 10 hands they will use 10 of your game days per game month.

* Ranch Foremen are only available to Red Ribbon and Blue Ribbon players.
Hired Hands are only available to Red Ribbon Trainer and Blue Ribbon players.

In the sidebar menu there is a box marked bunkhouse. Click on that button and another page pops up. This is where you hire your foreman and your hired hands.

The ranch foreman box is at the top of the page. Click on the green button and your ranch foreman is hired! When he is hired the box will go from green to red. This is also where you fire your foreman, but remember he will not leave property till next day. He is just concerned about the horses and that’s why he stays on for a day.

If you are a blue ribbon or red trainer, you have to option of hiring your groomers, trainers, and exercise attendants.

On the same page that you hired your foreman, you will also see a list of your horses with the hands listed. Use the circles to choose which hand you would like, then click on the green button. You hand is hired. Do this with each horse you would like a hired hand. The hired hands take over the care of horse next game day.

* Ranch Foremen are only available to Red Ribbon and Blue Ribbon players.
Hired Hands are only available to Red Ribbon Trainer and Blue Ribbon players.

Under the bunkhouse where you had hired them, you also fire them here too. When you hired the foreman or hand, the box that you checked should have gone from green to red. The boxes said hire on them, now they should have red box that says fire. Click the box to fire hand; it should turn green at this point.

The hired hand will not leave the property until next game month. Yes they do get attached to the horses.

When you hire the hand the hand will stay with the horse until it dies (OH MY), gets sold or you fire him. If you are selling the horse try and remove the hired hand before sell date. Remember, hired hands stay with the horse until next game month!!

* Ranch Foremen are only available to Red Ribbon and Blue Ribbon players.
Hired Hands are only available to Red Ribbon Trainer and Blue Ribbon players.

You have to wait until next game month!! When the horse is sold the hand is automatically fired from his job, but he loves his horse so much, he will stay with it until next game month. You may hire the hand if you choose to or you may let him go. You cannot train, groom or exercise horse until the hired hand is gone.

What They Do*

Ranch Foreman – The Ranch Foreman takes care of all your farrier visits, your emergency, and regular vet visits for you automatically. They do cost $2,300.00 per game month.

Their salary does not include the cost of the health care.

While they do schedule reseting the shoes on horses you have had shod, the foreman will not put shoes on a horse that is unshod. They will only get their hooves trimmed. If you want an unshod horse to be shod you must do so yourself.

Trainers – They take care of all the daily training of the horse. They use one game day per game month, and are paid $200.00 per horse per game month. They will train your horse an equivalent amount to what it would receive if you trained it yourself.

Groomers – They take care of the physical welfare of the horse. They do the brushing, bathing, and pick hooves. They take care of the condition and coat of the horse. They are paid $75.00 per horse per game month, and will use up one game day per game month.

Exercise Attendants – The attendants are the ones who do all the exercising of the horse. They lunge, hot walk, and swim them along with any other kind of exercising. The attendants are paid $150.00 per horse, and will use up one game day per game month.

The hands are good to have if you are taking a vacation and cant tend to them, but if you want to do the grooming and training yourself, don’t hire them. These hands are all listed under the bunkhouse. All hands use 1 game day per game month, so if you have 10 hands they will use 10 of your game days per game month.

* Ranch Foremen are only available to Red Ribbon and Blue Ribbon players.
Hired Hands are only available to Red Ribbon Trainer and Blue Ribbon players.

How To Hire Them*

In the sidebar menu there is a box marked bunkhouse. Click on that button and another page pops up. This is where you hire your foreman and your hired hands.

The ranch foreman box is at the top of the page. Click on the green button and your ranch foreman is hired! When he is hired the box will go from green to red. This is also where you fire your foreman, but remember he will not leave property till next day. He is just concerned about the horses and that’s why he stays on for a day.

If you are a blue ribbon or red trainer, you have to option of hiring your groomers, trainers, and exercise attendants.

On the same page that you hired your foreman, you will also see a list of your horses with the hands listed. Use the circles to choose which hand you would like, then click on the green button. You hand is hired. Do this with each horse you would like a hired hand. The hired hands take over the care of horse next game day.

* Ranch Foremen are only available to Red Ribbon and Blue Ribbon players.
Hired Hands are only available to Red Ribbon Trainer and Blue Ribbon players.

How To Fire Them*

Under the bunkhouse where you had hired them, you also fire them here too. When you hired the foreman or hand, the box that you checked should have gone from green to red. The boxes said hire on them, now they should have red box that says fire. Click the box to fire hand; it should turn green at this point.

The hired hand will not leave the property until next game month. Yes they do get attached to the horses.

When you hire the hand the hand will stay with the horse until it dies (OH MY), gets sold or you fire him. If you are selling the horse try and remove the hired hand before sell date. Remember, hired hands stay with the horse until next game month!!

* Ranch Foremen are only available to Red Ribbon and Blue Ribbon players.
Hired Hands are only available to Red Ribbon Trainer and Blue Ribbon players.

Why is there a hired hand on the horse I just bought?

You have to wait until next game month!! When the horse is sold the hand is automatically fired from his job, but he loves his horse so much, he will stay with it until next game month. You may hire the hand if you choose to or you may let him go. You cannot train, groom or exercise horse until the hired hand is gone.